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Startups Weekly: Chinese investors double down on African startups

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Kenya’s Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after Goldman investment. Equity drops every Friday at 6:00 am PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify and all the casts. Here’s more of TechCrunch’s recent coverage of Africa startup activity: PalmPay launches in Nigeria with $40M . You can listen here.

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Equator 360: Unveiling Mysterious Spirits near the Equator

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They were the shamans of Yuruparí, the Gabbra people of the Chalbi desert in northern Kenya, the Bajau Laut people of Southeast Asia, the Kogi priests from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. Besides the traditional distribution platforms and social media channels, Arte will accelerate the publishing of Equator 360 on Apple TV.

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The Best VR Experiences From Raindance Film Festival 2018

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The Apple is a Chinese, Japanese and Korean co-production which won Best Multi-Person Experience award at Raindance. My Africa is a project by Conservation International to educate audiences about Reteti, a community run Elephant Sanctuary in Kenya, working to save elephants, reknitting an ancient coexistence between people and wildlife.

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Upgrading VR Storytelling

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The Apple is a Chinese, Japanese and Korean co-production which won Best Multi-Person Experience award at Raindance Click To Tweet. The Apple is a Chinese, Japanese and Korean co-production which won Best Multi-Person Experience award at Raindance. This is a room-scale (50m2) multi-person VR experience for up to 4 people.

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